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Don’t Panic Yet, Linux Users
Someone asked me what my plans were regarding my use of Linux, given two posts pointing out problems with it. Don’t panic … yet. If you have joined me in running some branch of Ubuntu 18.04, or a derivative like … Continue reading
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Terminal Notes
The title is merely my dark sense of humor: I’m making some necessary adjustments in my computer ministry. I’ll help you with Win7 and Vista. I’ll give you some limited help with Win8. I’ll help you a lot with running … Continue reading
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Technocracy of War, Part 10
Early that next morning, Thad was clawing up from a deep and troubled sleep to realize his phone was ringing. Struggling to be alert enough to respond intelligently to whatever it was so important to wake him just after dawn. … Continue reading
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Technocracy of War, Part 9
Thad had never moved that far from his last military assignment. The base was just a few minutes up the interstate highway. While he had been careful to avoid buying a home in the standard flight pattern, he was easily … Continue reading
Technocracy of War, Part 6
The one thing Thad liked most was how they had managed to port almost every GUI application over to a TUI. Thus, while losing some of the buttons and toolbars, the backend was the same for web browser, office suite, … Continue reading
Technocracy of War, Part 5
For most of that week, Thad poked and prodded Bread OS. There was in the documentation a notice more popular applications would be ported eventually, but the basic set of workstation programs was almost complete. The desktop display was not … Continue reading
Technocracy of War, Part 3
They had moved Pete that very hour to temporary solitary confinement. While it meant missing breakfast, this was one of the saner things, keeping informants away from the general population. In two days, Peter found himself being marched down that … Continue reading
The Technocracy of War: Part 2
For Peter Jimmerson, the war was over — for now. For the past two years he had been in a running battle with some cracker slipping into his servers. This was no simple showboating; the cracker was needling him personally, … Continue reading
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The Technocracy of War: Part 1 (fiction)
The screens displayed before him were somewhat more colorful than the rest of them, the hundreds throughout the building. Still, it was the same old Bread and Butter, and it was his bread-n-butter. It was the reason he wore one … Continue reading
Silly Disputes over Jobs and Apple
Go ahead and use your favorite search engine. You’ll find many tributes to Steve Jobs, and a growing number of slams. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll see a somewhat finer division among the tributes. Most say he did big … Continue reading